Chile earthquakes

M3.9 earthquake 82 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile

A magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck 82 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile on Wed, Nov 11, 2015, 6:03 AM GMT-3 (09:03 UTC), 14 km (9 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M4.6 80 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.9 (Mwr, regional moment), minor
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2015-11-11 09:03:42 UTC
Depth
14.4 km (9.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
29.446° S, 71.956° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Reverse (thrust)
Moment magnitude
3.9 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 8°, dip 20°, rake 104°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 173°, dip 71°, rake 85°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 4.9 km horizontally, 4.3 km in depth
Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
192°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
29

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 32 in the 60 days after this one and 35 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.680 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3978 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
  2. 4.583 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3978 days ago · 14 km deep · 3 km away
  3. 4.391 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3978 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  4. 4.384 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3978 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.666 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3978 days ago · 7 km deep · 48 km away
  6. 4.486 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 10 km deep · 18 km away
  7. 4.382 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 10 km deep · 77 km away
  8. 3.982 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 12 km deep · 4 km away
  9. 4.465 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3977 days ago · 13 km deep · 71 km away
  10. 4.4103 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3976 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  11. 4.367 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3976 days ago · 18 km deep · 35 km away
  12. 4.485 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3975 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  13. 4.386 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3975 days ago · 35 km deep · 9 km away
  14. 4.379 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3975 days ago · 17 km deep · 5 km away
  15. 4.371 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3974 days ago · 10 km deep · 39 km away
  16. 3.977 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3974 days ago · 14 km deep · 11 km away
  17. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  18. 4.675 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3973 days ago · 8 km deep · 94 km away
  19. 4.143 km SW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3971 days ago · 28 km deep · 93 km away
  20. 3.9100 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3970 days ago · 10 km deep · 46 km away
  21. 4.3102 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  22. 4.698 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3964 days ago · 10 km deep · 21 km away
  23. 4.6158 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3962 days ago · 10 km deep · 97 km away
  24. 4.284 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3957 days ago · 10 km deep · 86 km away
  25. 4.539 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3956 days ago · 35 km deep · 44 km away
  26. 4.689 km WSW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3952 days ago · 13 km deep · 99 km away
  27. 4.369 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3946 days ago · 10 km deep · 23 km away
  28. 4.391 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3945 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away
  29. 4.376 km W of Coquimbo, Chile · 3932 days ago · 10 km deep · 48 km away
  30. 4.589 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3931 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  31. 4.190 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3925 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  32. 4.683 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3921 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away

Before

  1. 4.586 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3978 days ago · 12 km deep · 9 km away
  2. 4.690 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3978 days ago · 13 km deep · 15 km away
  3. 4.584 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3978 days ago · 10 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.273 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 15 km deep · 31 km away
  5. 4.588 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
  6. 4.372 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
  7. 4.868 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 13 km deep · 25 km away
  8. 5.187 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  9. 6.985 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away · felt by 23
  10. 4.587 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  11. 4.691 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 12 km deep · 16 km away
  12. 5.1Near the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 3 km away
  13. 4.881 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 15 km deep · 7 km away
  14. 4.886 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  15. 4.978 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  16. 5.186 km WNW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 20 km away
  17. 6.981 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 12 km deep · 8 km away · felt by 48 · tsunami flag
  18. 4.4Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 10 km deep · 16 km away
  19. 4.2Off the coast of Coquimbo, Chile · 3979 days ago · 4 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 4.383 km NW of Coquimbo, Chile · 3980 days ago · 9 km deep · 2 km away

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